Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Official Languages

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16

Chair: The Honourable CLAUDETTE TARDIF

Monday, March 21, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016

Issue No. 3

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

and

Second, third and fourth meetings:

Study on the application of the Official Languages Act and of the regulations and directives made under it, within those institutions subject to the Act

APPEARING

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage

WITNESSES

Monday, March 21, 2016

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages:

Graham Fraser, Commissioner of Official Languages;

Mary Donaghy, Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Communications Branch;

Ghislaine Saikaley, Assistant Commissioner, Compliance Assurance Branch;

Pascale Giguère, Senior Counsel and Manager, Legal Affairs Branch.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick:

Katherine d'Entremont, Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick.

Office of the French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario:

François Boileau, French Language Services Commissioner.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Claudette Tardif, Chair

The Honourable Rose-May Poirier, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Dagenais, Fraser, *Harder, P.C., Jaffer, McIntyre, Rivard, Seidman

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Dagenais replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (April 18, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Mockler (April 13, 2016).

The Honourable Senator Mockler replaced the Honourable Senator Maltais (April 8, 2016).

The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator Oh (March 8, 2016).

Official Languages